The following are the UPDATED recommended dimensions for various KAS garments.

 

SQUARES TOTAL REQUIRED FOR BLANKETS-- (we used to do different sizes but this size will grow with the child and is the only size being made now):


5 x 7 = 35 squares

HAT SIZES Head Circumference (HC) Hat circumference (hc) Hat height (HH)  The children have such large heads that we encourage making the Teens/small adult size hats now so the kids don't outgrow their warm hats.

Child (3-10 yrs) HC 19"-20 1/2", HH 8.5"
Pre-teens, Teens and Adults HC 20 1/2"-22", HH 9-10" (or longer to make a warm turn up brim)


SLIP-OVER DIMENSIONS---

Body Rectangle(BR) Shoulder Straps(SS) Total Length(TL) Armhole Length (AL)

(please note for vests and slipovers, all garments, we ask the length be a minimum of 3 inches longer than the garment is wide so it will fit over often swollen little tummies and not leave a cold gap...thank you so much!)


BR-11x12" SS-2x2" TL-15" AL-4"

BR-13x14" SS-3x3" TL- 17" AL-5"

BR-14x15" SS-3" wide x 4" TL-18" AL-6"

BR-15x16" SS-3" wide x 4" TL-19" AL-6"

BR-16x17" SS-3" wide x 4" TL-20" AL-7"

GO-OVER DIMENSIONS:

SIZE 4-6

FRONT AND BACK PANEL 16X16 inches(four 8" squares for each front and each back), plus a 3 inch bottom rib or border.  You could also make 8" x 10" "squares, that will ensure the needed length when sewn together. :)

SLEEVES 14 inches at shoulder seam14 inches long

NECK OPENING 3.5 - 4 inches at top of front panel4 inches each side of neck edge over to the sleeves seam. 

SIZE 8-14

FRONT AND BACK PANEL 20x24 inches ie. four 10"x12" "squares" for each front and back or one solid piece for each front and back. The length is really important to cover their swollen tummies. Thanks!

SLEEVES 16 inches at shoulder seam15-16 inches long

NECK OPENING 4 - 5 inches at top of front panel4 inches each side of neck edge to the shoulder seam.  

 

KAS CUDDLES:

CIRCUMFERENCE --- 28-29 inches up to 32 inches circumference.

LENGTH--- 29-30" PLUS a 5" cuff up top (unjoined top five inches=35" length total) with a flat seamed bottom, no gathers. The infants need "kick room" in the bottom of the Cuddle. That's what we've been told.  Thank you!

These can be knit on a round loom with the right circumference or round needles or crocheted. The new length is important as the babies grow longer so fast and still need the warmth.  Thanks!  :)

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  • Anne, my other one was only 28 or 29 circumference so I added a few more stitches to the second one. But I also used a size larger hook because I found a 6mm to be just a bit too small, causing my hand to hurt. I forgot that a larger hook would increase the size. D'oh!

     

    I will rip it out and start over.

     

    Thanks.

  • I'm working on my second cuddle. I made some adjustments from the first one. I've done about 3 inches of the collar and discovered that it's 42 inches instead of 30!

     

    Is this going to be waaaay too big? I've only done 3 inches so it's no big deal if I have to take it out but if it'll be ok, I'll just continue with it.

    • Hi Barb

      Not sure what adjustments you made, but to me 42" sounds very wide.  The pattern calls for 30" and since the Cuddle is knitted as a 'tube', with no decreasing, that means the circumference of the entire Cuddle would be 42". If you were to keep the circumference/length proportions  as per the pattern, it would therefore be quite long, and maybe larger than necessary for the babies it's designed for.  You could be knitting forever!!

      If it were me, I would probably take it out.

  • Dear Jeanne Haessler,

    I started to knit my first cuddle and took the sizes from your message above. As I took information by Internet, that 1 inch is equal to 2,54 cm, I changed your indicated inch-sizes into cm - and I truly can't believe the giantesque result (large 74 - 81 cm diameter and long 76 cm plus other 13 cm for the collar). When a Baby arrives to these sizes, I think it will be able to walk alone and does not need anymore a cuddle but a blanket.

    Please be so kind to give me a hand and respond to my problem communicating the real cm-sizes to those who do not work with inches, even if I already knitted the first - so called - "cuddle" .

    Thank you so much and have a nice weekend.

    Greetings from Germany,

    Heide Nöchel
    Oh, Jeanne, another problem, probably you may help me to resolve: I tried several times to load Photos of my knitted squares and over 50 pullovers, but I am not able to. The only photo is that one with the cat lokking at the fish.....

    • Hello Heide

      I am going to jump in here and answer your KASCuddle question, since Helen Flag and I developed the pattern.  You will find the current pattern with dimensions at http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/topics/kascuddle-updated-patte...

      The current recommended size is 30 inch (76 cm) circumference and 35 inch (89 cm) length including the collar. This is the size requested by Ronda.  It does look large when finished, but is designed to fit babies up to 12-15 months or in some cases older.  Smaller cuddles have a shorter lifespan of usefullness, and on cold winter nights, babies are probably wearing a lot of clothes under them, since many are sleeping on bare floors. We think of it as a mini-sleeping bag - not just a garment for newborns - and the advantage over a blanket is that it cannot be kicked off.

      I'm not sure why you are having trouble loading photos - although my daughter, who is a recent member was having trouble too.  She seems to have solved the problem.

      When you click on Add in the photo section and get the browse screen to choose your photo, you need to click on 'upload' and when it is uploaded the OK button turns dark.  click that.  then you get another screen that shows your photo and a space for comments you wish to make.  Then you need to scroll down on that page to the SAVE icon and click it.  Is it possible you forget to click on SAVE??  Let us know if you are still having trouble.

      • Hi,  I'm knitting my first cuddle and it seems huge so I was trawling the forum for enlightenment.  Now I have it.  Many thanks Anne and Heidi, I shall continue.......Roz xx

        • Hi, Roz, how is it going? Right now I am knitting No. 61 of little pullovers, 2 cuddles are ready, 14 squares and also 36 hats, all produced from donated rests of acrylic wool from private persons and neighbours and knitted by my hands only while watching TV and listening music. Next will be sending a huge packet, my first one. It's great, to practice a hobby and doing well in the same time, I think. And there is so much of yarn left - I'm looking forward!

          • Hi Heide, Before you pack your knitting up, it might be a good idea to have a chat with your local post office about postal rates and weight limits.  I'm in the U.K. and I send regular, smaller [under 1 kilo] parcels by surface mail, small packet rate, I find it more manageable. 

            I too knit for KAS with other peoples yarn stashes as well as my own.  Like many knitters, I've been regarded for many years as a willing recipient of bags of yarn and needles that belonged to knitters 'who knit no longer'.  It's nice to be able to turn it all into blanket squares for KAS, although it does mean that my squares are either plain janes or composed of small balls of 'odds and sods' and the colours I use are not always very inspiring.

            I think I may have spotted one of my squares in the Blanket Album though, it was knitted from a  2 stitch start and was brown with a cream corner where I ran out of yarn!   

            One of these days I may surprise the Forum with a photo of some of my less inspiring but VERY arty _arty squares.

            The KAS cuddle came about as I opened a bag and came across 7 x 50gm balls of a really nice yarn, WOW.  It was only DK so I ran it together with a cream DK from someone elses bag and yarn off a cone of my own.  The result was my first KAS cuddle, it was thick and soft and I loved it.  It was posted two days ago and I've begun cuddle number 2.  After that it's back to squares.

            Oh and I also do my KAS knitting while watching TV.  It's a small world, eh?           Roz

      • Thanks a lot, Anne, for your fast reply!

        So the sizes are calculated in the right way by me...? It is sooo --- BIG!  Well, with other clothes under it, that makes sense.

        The Photos: I cannot even load them completely, after a looong time it always showes the message of an "error" and something like "sorry, unable to..." and so on. Also my daughter (fitter than me in PC) was not able to. I don't know the reason. Its a pitty


        So lets go back to the work of knitting!

  • Please, just a word about the KASCuddle dimensions.  There are so many references on the Forum to various lengths for the KASCuddle.  As of 3/2012, please make the KASCuddles  29-30" long in the BODY of the KASCuddle.  That length does NOT include the collar, which is 5".  The 29-30" body length is to assist the creche caregivers in covering larger and longer babies up to nine months.  The KASCuddle has proved to be a very popular item because it assists the very busy caregivers in keeping the babies covered when they are in the Cuddles.   Please make your KASCuddles 29-30" in the BODY.  The pattern on the Knitalong says 25" and is incorrect.  The circumference of 28-29" is correct.

     

     

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